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Hi. My name is Mary, and I need this parenting post as much as anyone. I just happen to also be writing it. I'm certainly not a model parent, and I don't have all the secrets to raising your...
Summer is here! If you're a mama like me, garage sales {and Facebook Market} become one of the highlights of the summer. DYI projects for the house become a priority for me. Over the last few months, I had been eyeing...
"No, me try." These words make me cringe. Lately, it's my daughter's favorite phrase and the source of my anxiety. I try to be supportive. I try to congratulate her when she completes even the smallest of tasks. I...
There is a small canvas that hangs in my family room that reads, “Let them be little.” The canvas was originally purchased purely because it fits perfectly with my forming gallery wall. As a control freak, I have made...
That's right, I said it. It might sound harsh, but I'm sure the thought has crossed your mind too. And if not, congratulations- you must be a brand new mom. Perhaps you are sitting there holding that sweet newborn thinking...
Depression. The word is thrown around all over the place, and it still has a stigma. I think most people, when confronted with the idea of depression, imagine an eyeliner-heavy, pouting adolescent à la Wednesday Addams, rather than the smiling...
"She can't get out of there, right?" asked our close family member about the crib as we gave her a tour of the nursery, and laid our 1-year-old down for a nap. We were preparing to take our first trip...
  I'll admit it, I'm a mean mom.  My child has to do chores.  *gasp!* The worst, I know. But I really am a stickler about chores! I need my daughter to know that my God given task on this Earth was not to...
Oh, the summertime bathing suit dilemma. I was recently inspired by a YouTube video by #IMOMSOHARD...which I am almost positive that if you are reading GCMB, then you have probably seen this hilarious and totally honest video. If you...

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